The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-08-20
STYLISH SILK GOWNS.

STYLISH SILK GOWNS.
The Latest Fashions IN Handsome stEipeA,
Colc.red snd Black Costumes.
For combinations of plain and striped
Bengaline . fine model in heliotrope
shades has polonaise of the striped
silk with plain Bengaline sleeves and
plain skirt; the trimming is beaded pas
sementerie and black lace. The skirt Is
without trimming. except directly in
front, where there are four lengthwise
rows of passementerie, finished each
side for a depth of eight or nine inches
with friIIs of black lace gathered very
full to look very heavy as itdrops down.
ward. The polonaise laps to the left
side at the waist line. giving surplice
front, which is half covered with black
lace girdle that follows its outlines; the
open space at the throat is filled in with
rows of the passementerie aud lace
jabot- The high collar and plain cuffs
are covered with black lace laid in small
pleats parallel with its plain edge, and
finished on the sleeves In q curved
bow tightly strapped with lace. 1t may
be added here that some of the striped
corsages now have the back cut with
long seams going into the shoulder
seams, but this is only done when il
will give more effective arrangement
Of the stripes; in other stripes the bias
backs and fronts of corsages are pre-
ferred.
For gray silk dresses the newest mod
els are all gray, instead of being COM
bined with white, Is was the fashion
last year. French modistes use gray
silk muslin on these refined dresses as
soft vests and as gathered panels. ad-
ding bands of gauzc ribbon across the
muslin. with gray velvet revers be-
tween, and many gauze ribbon bows
that are made throughout over satin
ribbon of the same shade to support
every loop. strap and end of this CO.
quettish garniture. Steel gray gros
grains, or the lighter French gray.
with irregular stripes of satin, are
made with the stripes differently ar
ranged in various parts Of the dress;
thus the stripes pass around the skirt in
front and on the sides, downward in the
apron and the full back breadths, and are
bias in the basque 'front.' but are again
lengthwise in the back of the basque
and in its sleeves. The pretty bows Of
gauze over satin ribbon are set up each
side Of the silk muslin vest, and half
way up its middle. The two silk mus
lin panels are shirred across the hips,
and set in round organ-pipe plaits be-
low. with several rows of the striped
gauze ribbon across near the foot.
Worth sends with each fresh importa-
ton new arrangements of green silks
with black lace, adding either gilt or
jet passementerie for their garniture.
The black lace may be piece lace or
separate fiounces, and is arranged down
the sides with, long ends of the silk
dropping down upon it, and finished
with bows or rosettes. The fronts are
crossed with four or five scarfs of the
silk, also tied in bows; and the back is Of
the silk in wide folds, Tapped along the
seams and turned over in revers down
the middle.
Among the gay India silks are those
of scarlet striped with white, heliotrope
striped with green and blue with yellow
lines far apart. separated by Greek
squares or by the outlines Of a parallelo-
gram. The gay poppy red silks have
the skirts in festoons edged with cream
lace, and in short paniers above or else
there is half-long apron over-skirt Of
six breadths caught up high on each
hip. and for the lower skirt is = triple
box-plaited fiounce, each box plait being
shortened in the middle to point, and
edged with white Oriental lace. The
basque has q surplice blouse front like
those described last week. For moro
quiet gown of heliotrope and green
striped silk very long draped apron
is used, nearly covering the lower skirt,
showing only a side-plaited flounce at
the foot Green velvet collar, cuffs and
pointed girdle complete the corsage.
A demi-polonaise made for some of these
summer silks has the front very short,
with Directoire revers opening over a
soft blouse-vest with wide velvet
girdle; the polonaise part is con-
fined to the back and sides, con-
sisting Of two pointed wings made
by elongating the middle forms of the
back, and gathering sloped pieces along
the side forms at the waist line. Thil
polonaise is made up Of dark, blue
figured surah, over gray skirt of plain
surah laid in large plaits, or it may be
of blue and red striped surah over q
plain, blue skirt. A new fancy is that